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Once more, my friends and colleagues and I have banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology to create Of Gods and Globes II. Each one of us chose a name that connected astronomy and mythology.

Fall in love with a star.... Heart, a girl of fifteen, lives in a world of madness and grace, where test-tube babies are propagated to discover the secrets of Eternal Life. Left as a foundling on the doorstep of a Darling Undesirables facility, alive, and healthy - without a heart - she has always loved stars. Her first love is Caffau's star, 13 billion years old, in the Heart of Leo, one of the oldest and most mysterious stars in the Universe.

The prison ship should have been dead when the final failsafe Tristan 08 awoke. But Xander, the Evolved leopard spy, had no intention of dying that day. That chance meeting would throw two civilizations into conflict across the stars in these four stories: "Twilight Rising", "Windfall", "Overburdened", and "Earthed".

These are the stories of Uranus. Stories of new beginnings and creation. Stories of the mysterious seventh planet in our solar system and of the God of the sky that it was named after.

Blithecraft II0II0 is the second collection of short stories by C.R. Tyroak. Eleven new strange tales. The stories are of the horror, fantasy, and sci-fi genres and are in the same vein as the Weird Tales pulp magazine fiction from authors such as Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, etc.

Welcome to the 1881 Trials, the first in Preserve Number Six. It's a complicated set of Trials in a hastily assembled playing field and overseen personally by the Director. This is when everything changed.

Chia’s life is a mess of unresolved tension with her ex and exploring a new life with her chosen mate - all while keeping their relationship a secret. She endures continued trouble with the townsfolk who don’t trust her and suffers complete insecurity about her future as the supposed Red Cailleach. Somehow, she’s got to find a way to train with her grandmother and grandfather, who live somewhere in the stars, and own her superpowers.

Seven unabridged stories from the golden age of science fiction. Stories covering: revolution on Mars, secret underground alien robots, spacemen captured by aliens, humans subjugated by their descendants, Earth rebels fighting for freedom, robots running amok on other worlds and war lords on the moon!

Georgie and Armand, the master mage, shape shifting, gay dragons who run Georgie and Armand's place, are out for another vacation. This time they are visiting a world where the power of steam dominates and the competition to be the best master craftsman can get aggressive and dangerous.

All The Pan of Hamgee wants is a quiet life. So why did he have to fall in love with a woman living a different version of reality, upset a murderous tyrant, and then run out of places to hide? Now all he has to do is face his inner demons, rescue everything he holds dear, and save the world, or die trying. Oh yes, and he's an abject coward. Great. No pressure then.

Publicados en 1697 en Francia con el título de Les Contes de ma mère l'Oye, los ocho relatos incluidos en este libro han sido objeto de incontables versiones y adaptaciones, además de haber sufrido numerosas oleadas de censura en función de la cambiante pacatería del momento. El resultado, recortado y desvirtuado, es un somnífero para niños pequeños, que ha empalagado a generaciones de lectores adultos y traicionado, en la letra y en el espíritu, a la pluma del maravilloso Charles Perrault (Francia 1628-1703), maestro del misterio y el humor negro.

A collection of original Christmas short stories and three retellings.

The way we feel about another person or about objects is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object, at all. Often, what we call a "change of heart" comes about sheerly from a change in the many associations which make up our present viewpoint. Now, suppose that these associations could be altered artificially, at the option of the person who was in charge of the process.

En esta colección de 22 relatos, Ray Bradbury demuestra una vez más su maestría al crear personajes y situaciones con rápidas pinceladas y dar un giro fantástico a las situaciones más cotidianas.

A collection of short stories from the Blerdom we love so much. From one extreme to another, each story is real page turner. So... is a fountain of melanin filled dreams of the fantastic to be shared with all.

From the fractured mind of Unforgivable comes ten new stories that explore the fragility of perfection in Broken Shards of a Masterpiece. Each tale welcomes you to a world shattered by obsession, intrigue, and desire where the remnants of reality and illusion meet at a razor edge.

This short story collection will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last sentence. Misha Burnett has been published in a wide variety of modern fiction magazines, and here we've collected some of his best fantasy work.

Incredible Science Fiction: Amazing Tales from the 50's and Beyond, Volume Two collates a collection of some of the very best science-fiction stories published in the '50s together. All these stories (with the exception of The Anatomy of Fear) are now in the public domain and were original published in various science-fiction magazines that were very popular in the 1950s. This is a lovingly curated collection of some of the very best stories published during this time. This collection includes a further story from the Hugo Award-nominated Rog Phillips.

The Wheel of Life is in spin and the United States government wants to rig the game. ThunderBird is the center of an intense government program. His every breath and heartbeat is monitored as the Native American's mind is manipulated. After all, ThunderBird has a godlike power that whatever he writes down on paper becomes reality.

You only thought you knew the stories! Jack and the Beanstalk. Bluebeard. The Pied Piper. Experience them now like never before as you delve into worlds of arcane science, post-war depression, and killer cyborgs! This collection includes brand-new sci-fi retellings and twists, along with several of author Steven Heumann's previously published works that will keep you guessing despite what you think you know about the originals.